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republicans are demanding basically $100 billion in cuts from obama's proposal, a lot of money for budget for a given year. and the obama folks basically give them three quarters of that. so right off this engagement, you know, liberals -- so they do that and then they begin to embark on this much longer, much harder negotiations over the long-term deficit. $4 trillion, obama wants 4 trillion over four years. republicans are calling for even more over 10 years. depending on how you score their proposal. and what's really interesting here is what starts to happen kind of internally behind the scenes. and again, i think this is kind of the key moment to see how, how seriously they took the idea of this bipartisanship of engaging with the other side. honestly, trying to hammer home some sort of deal, and that they were absolutely not being kind of cynical, trying to draw the republicans in and then ultimately sort of get the political upper hand. to key data points here that i write about in the book. one is, the white house had interest we have actually concocted this pretty elaborate publi
republicans are demanding basically $100 billion in cuts from obama's proposal, a lot of money for budget for a given year. and the obama folks basically give them three quarters of that. so right off this engagement, you know, liberals -- so they do that and then they begin to embark on this much longer, much harder negotiations over the long-term deficit. $4 trillion, obama wants 4 trillion over four years. republicans are calling for even more over 10 years. depending on how you score their...
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republicans are demanding, basically, $100 billion in cuts from obama's proposal. it's a lot of money for a budget for a given year. and the obama folks, basically, give them, um, you know, three-quarters of that. .. >> what is interesting here is what happens behind the scenes at this moment. and what is key is how they put this idea of bipartisanship, which engaging with the other side. they had to hammer home. they were absolutely not being cynical and trying to draw the republicans and ultimately get the political upper hand. to key data points that i write about in the book. the first is it is interesting how they can concocted this plan. their plan for turning medicare into a voucher system. they thought the political people in the white house estimates of the republicans were vulnerable. they started to put together this plan to attack them. they have all sorts of different elements to the plan, but basically they are going to relentlessly hit them and give tax cuts to millionaires. one element of this plan, it involves austan goolsbee, he had been doing the
republicans are demanding, basically, $100 billion in cuts from obama's proposal. it's a lot of money for a budget for a given year. and the obama folks, basically, give them, um, you know, three-quarters of that. .. >> what is interesting here is what happens behind the scenes at this moment. and what is key is how they put this idea of bipartisanship, which engaging with the other side. they had to hammer home. they were absolutely not being cynical and trying to draw the republicans...
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what obama is doing is this regard to what is known for decades and he is cutting both. he is cutting the military and drawing down nuclear forces. what is going on? obama's strategy is the opposite of reagan. he is through weakness. and to put it more sharply, if reagan deserves credit for the dissolution of the soviet empire it may be that obama will have to help produce the united states of islam. >> two quick questions. i have heard some mumblings the thing they're not looking good for his reelection he will impose martial law. your thoughts on that and if he does get reelected what can we do to stop him from bringing us down? >> first question about martial law. i won't speculate on that. i think we have plenty to go on with what obama is actually doing. we can assess the things he has done and we can infer what the next steps might be. if obama is reelected i think those of us who believe in a different dream -- i am an immigrant. i believe in the american dream. the great paradox is i am a fair world guy. obama is an american-born guy embracing a third world ideol
what obama is doing is this regard to what is known for decades and he is cutting both. he is cutting the military and drawing down nuclear forces. what is going on? obama's strategy is the opposite of reagan. he is through weakness. and to put it more sharply, if reagan deserves credit for the dissolution of the soviet empire it may be that obama will have to help produce the united states of islam. >> two quick questions. i have heard some mumblings the thing they're not looking good...
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proposal is essentially to make the bush tax cuts permanent, bush-obama tax cuts permanent, i'm sorry, for everyone who makes up to about $250 or $0 -- $300,000 a year. the unfortunate fact is the tax cuts he would repeal only make up about 20% of the total bill of the bush tax cuts. o simply taxing the rich is probably not going to work. but more importantly, this is the long question, the question of should we cut spending or should we tax the rich. it's the long place to start. a budget is a statement about what the government does, and so making, in making these decisions we have to have a conception of what we want the government to do. the federal government is a tool that we use to meet our needs and to solve problems that society faces those individuals cannot solve on their own. now, one of the problems we have in tackling this debate is that there's a great deal of, um, misinformation about what the government actually does. so there's a study we cite a lot by a political scientist named susanne nedler, and in the study -- some of you may have heard about this. she asks peop
proposal is essentially to make the bush tax cuts permanent, bush-obama tax cuts permanent, i'm sorry, for everyone who makes up to about $250 or $0 -- $300,000 a year. the unfortunate fact is the tax cuts he would repeal only make up about 20% of the total bill of the bush tax cuts. o simply taxing the rich is probably not going to work. but more importantly, this is the long question, the question of should we cut spending or should we tax the rich. it's the long place to start. a budget is a...
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>> one obama's is asked about the military and cuts, he says we cannot afford it. obama's suggest we are in a crisis and cannot afford military spending but he does not feel that way about other spending. he lets every other division grow. it gives you a sense of his priorities. if you want to slash nuclear weapons you can bet you have to increase conventional weapons. china could put 80 or 100 million on the battlefield. we cannot. we rely on that type of force from a chinese invasion on tae weigh in -- tae one. conventional forces are costlier. but with disregard coming he slashes the military and also to medically drawing down on nuclear forces. i think obama's strategy is the opposite of ronald reagan. peace through weakness. [laughter] and if reagan deserves credit for the dissolution of the soviet empire maybe obama's will get historical credits to produce the united states of islam. >> i have heard rumblings if things are not looking good for reelection he will the impose martial law. and if he does get reelected what can we do to stop him from bringing us d
>> one obama's is asked about the military and cuts, he says we cannot afford it. obama's suggest we are in a crisis and cannot afford military spending but he does not feel that way about other spending. he lets every other division grow. it gives you a sense of his priorities. if you want to slash nuclear weapons you can bet you have to increase conventional weapons. china could put 80 or 100 million on the battlefield. we cannot. we rely on that type of force from a chinese invasion on...
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, getting rid of obamacare, cracking down on immigrants and cutting expense. but in an actual meeting, the meeting may be held in a church. it may start with a christian prayer along with which all tea party meeting start with the pledge of allegiance. some start with a prayer, some don't. and it may well come at the meeting i attend in virginia where the leader who i thought was just a remarkable organizer. i write about her in the book. what a lovely woman in many ways. she learned to organize groups like organizing theater, volunteer theater productions in charlottesville. she's just such a good organizer. she contacted me today after the meeting i visited to say that my observation of a member standing up to say how wonderful it was that the virginia legislature had just voted through the law that harass his the medical clinics that provide access to abortion by forcing them to retool themselves as hospitals, which would, she said, drive them all out of business. the whole room was excited about that, and i observed that. she knew i observed. she e-mailed
, getting rid of obamacare, cracking down on immigrants and cutting expense. but in an actual meeting, the meeting may be held in a church. it may start with a christian prayer along with which all tea party meeting start with the pledge of allegiance. some start with a prayer, some don't. and it may well come at the meeting i attend in virginia where the leader who i thought was just a remarkable organizer. i write about her in the book. what a lovely woman in many ways. she learned to...
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when obama -- it wasn't obama, but when the obama administration cut loose this surely sherrod woman because the late great [inaudible name] was saying nasty things about her, they did it because they were afraid that? was going to go on that night. glenn beck, the man is insane. again, it goes back to the unwillingness to sanitize. it goes back -- anyway, moving on. >> sir? >> [inaudible question] >> okay, okay. that's a joke that only people my age can get. and i didn't pay for it. well, you know, i write books about the media. the media needs to be held accountable. what people in public life really care about, myself included, is being embarrassed and humiliated. and if you can show them that they risked humiliation by continuing to report nonsense, they will respond. if they just think you are a whiny pain in that, they will kiss you off. and partisan matter of being willing to be treated like a white person, which is difficult, and never work for media matters, but they published my weblog for two years. now, they make mistakes and also held accountable for their mistakes. the
when obama -- it wasn't obama, but when the obama administration cut loose this surely sherrod woman because the late great [inaudible name] was saying nasty things about her, they did it because they were afraid that? was going to go on that night. glenn beck, the man is insane. again, it goes back to the unwillingness to sanitize. it goes back -- anyway, moving on. >> sir? >> [inaudible question] >> okay, okay. that's a joke that only people my age can get. and i didn't pay...
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barack obama has not invited jesse jackson and once. he has completely cut himself off. it appears there would be the object of jackson being in the white house. that it may signal to the white voters to be in jacksons corner and obama does not want to do that. >>host: if he was the brain then he is his homer. >> that is a good line. [laughter] david axelrod is a brilliant creator so when he ran 2008 to he did not have record to run on but he did have his personal story of black african and white middle american mother. those who saw his identity raised by his saintly grandparents. it is a homemade story because homer was known for taking a trip then come to an understanding. david axelrod fashioned this story but in 2012 there is no story. we know it is sold. he cannot run on bad again. he does not have a record over the first four years to run on. pointing to liberal causes but in the polls it is not a popular thing to run on. the epic and heroic stories with negative campaigning in 2012 to attack, attack, attack, attack. bit from the four bain capital, out of touch, i
barack obama has not invited jesse jackson and once. he has completely cut himself off. it appears there would be the object of jackson being in the white house. that it may signal to the white voters to be in jacksons corner and obama does not want to do that. >>host: if he was the brain then he is his homer. >> that is a good line. [laughter] david axelrod is a brilliant creator so when he ran 2008 to he did not have record to run on but he did have his personal story of black...
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would obama be cut out or so eager to strike a deal he would redefine the west red lion? and of course, hanging over obama's head was the potential is really preventive strike from iran pro-military inducement that continues to do so viewed as absolutely disastrous for the region as a whole and u.s. interest. all of america's key allies, many will show, well but many few wish him success. after 30 years, it is clear to obama something needed to happen. in iran it was part of the access of evo. that type of language was conducive for diplomacy. first the language needed to change. obama did remarkable shift. much of the bush vocabulary was eradicated with the first few weeks. of the boldest move was the unprecedented video message the president sent to the iranian people on the eve of the iranian new year. that message he addresses the people of the government references as the republic signaling the bombing administration was not intend on the regime change. and spoke of the many problems how they could not be resolved. of clear departure from foreign policy of the bush a
would obama be cut out or so eager to strike a deal he would redefine the west red lion? and of course, hanging over obama's head was the potential is really preventive strike from iran pro-military inducement that continues to do so viewed as absolutely disastrous for the region as a whole and u.s. interest. all of america's key allies, many will show, well but many few wish him success. after 30 years, it is clear to obama something needed to happen. in iran it was part of the access of evo....
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at obama's campaign stop his liberal friends chanted that he is the one we've been waiting for.ite hous as soon as he moved in the white house, obama gaunt long series of words and actions to secularize our country. it he's trying to make the u.s. a totally secular nation.the the goalg was predictable when d was campaigning in san francisco before he was elected. here are obama's words about religious people in the united t states. he said they get bitter, they cling toio guns or religion or n tip think to people who are not like them who antiimmigrant or frus trade as a way to explain their frustration. obama looks down on religious people. obama has a record of hostility, religion, and we have never before seen in any american president. one of his first executive orders in january 2009, was tota reverse the practice of the bush administration and start giving taxpayer money to organizes thar perform abortions in othery countries. in february, 2009, he announced the elimination of conscious protections that allowed and pro-life doctors andse nurses in federally funded hospitals to opt
at obama's campaign stop his liberal friends chanted that he is the one we've been waiting for.ite hous as soon as he moved in the white house, obama gaunt long series of words and actions to secularize our country. it he's trying to make the u.s. a totally secular nation.the the goalg was predictable when d was campaigning in san francisco before he was elected. here are obama's words about religious people in the united t states. he said they get bitter, they cling toio guns or religion or n...
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the military cuts, he says we cannot afford it. and. >> a necessary evil. >> right. i agree. what i'm trying to say is he suggests, we are in a budget crisis. he doesn't feel that way about of the domestic spending. he is letting every other division grow. this gives you a sense of his priorities. the truth is if you want to slash nuclear weapons, you can't, but you have to increase conventional forces because think about it. china can put 80 to 100 million people on the battlefield. we can't. we rely on technology and superior force to counter that kind of -- the chinese invasion. we don't need nuclear weapons, but we need to be able to put boots on the ground, ships, planes. so conventional forces are costlier than nuclear bombs. yet, what obama is doing is, again, with disregard for all of these trade-offs that have been known for decades to may slashing the military, he is also traumatically drawing down our nuclear forces. so what is going on? i think obama's strategy is the opposite. peace through weakness. and to put it even
the military cuts, he says we cannot afford it. and. >> a necessary evil. >> right. i agree. what i'm trying to say is he suggests, we are in a budget crisis. he doesn't feel that way about of the domestic spending. he is letting every other division grow. this gives you a sense of his priorities. the truth is if you want to slash nuclear weapons, you can't, but you have to increase conventional forces because think about it. china can put 80 to 100 million people on the...
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obama has more on the egyptian military better turn power to the muslim brotherhood or we will cut off military aid. obama can say i am a champion of democracy and these people were freely elected and yet a year earlier in 2009 when there were massive demonstrations bigger than in iran calling for democracy, end of the laws and free elections obama refused to support the democrats. he said we got to stay out of it. there is a big debate going on in iran and we will let them settle it. it was settled with the mullahs beating the protesters and that was that. why is obama intervening here but not their? as far as i can tell no explanation. to get obama is not enough to look at the things he is doing. you have to dig a little and see why he is doing them. what is the underlying single standard that can unravel obama's apparent double standard? we get a clue from this when we actually look at obama's past. obama's dream is not the american dream. at least not as understood by the founders. it is not even martin luther king's dream. the theme of the film and of my new book called "obama's a
obama has more on the egyptian military better turn power to the muslim brotherhood or we will cut off military aid. obama can say i am a champion of democracy and these people were freely elected and yet a year earlier in 2009 when there were massive demonstrations bigger than in iran calling for democracy, end of the laws and free elections obama refused to support the democrats. he said we got to stay out of it. there is a big debate going on in iran and we will let them settle it. it was...
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what happened was, the obama tax cuts lowered the average tax rate that people paid, but raise the marginal rate. you have to pay the official marginal tax rate of $0.25 on are in the dollar, but says he lost these credits the you had there is you earned more money, the effective rate could be 40 percenter so. and so the important thing there is the marginal tax rate. obama raised his tax programs polaris the marginal tax rate. >> the tax credit is refundable, spending. if they are ready to check it's not a tax cut, its spending. a lot of what you would try to call tax cuts were actually writing checks to people who did not have a tax liability. >> how can a candidate as the question to voters on the street, are you better or did they -- better that you were before? give some simple understandable examples of how these policies have been at the bottom of whether they're better off for not. >> well, to the discussion we are having now on health care, people are told one thing when obama ran for office. obama was a very good candid it into a dozen date. he was not a very good president a year
what happened was, the obama tax cuts lowered the average tax rate that people paid, but raise the marginal rate. you have to pay the official marginal tax rate of $0.25 on are in the dollar, but says he lost these credits the you had there is you earned more money, the effective rate could be 40 percenter so. and so the important thing there is the marginal tax rate. obama raised his tax programs polaris the marginal tax rate. >> the tax credit is refundable, spending. if they are ready...
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they all say it's not going to happen to them and it happens to all of them. >> now michelle obama is one of the first, well she is certainly the youngest person to have served as first lady since the sexual resolute -- revolution. did she have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle with that is the word? >> it is funny because she is such a -- of hillary clinton in that way. in my reporting i found again and again that she and kind of everybody else in the white house had one eye on the hillary clinton situation and also the attack she went through in the 2008 campaign were really pretty painful for her and everybody around her. to be that new to public life and to watch herself caricature that way was really really hard. you know, the twist i think to it though is that you know when her aides talked about the traditional nature of first lady hood which was so confining at first and so sort of protecting her a little bit because political life is so difficult that you know it's another way of limiting. it's another way of saying i don't do policy, i don't h
they all say it's not going to happen to them and it happens to all of them. >> now michelle obama is one of the first, well she is certainly the youngest person to have served as first lady since the sexual resolute -- revolution. did she have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle with that is the word? >> it is funny because she is such a -- of hillary clinton in that way. in my reporting i found again and again that she and kind of everybody else in...
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, including barack obama, has tried at one time or another to cut, dismantle, or privatize social security. that is a chilling fact. every single one. democrat as well as republican. this question is really well-timed. obama came very close, the summer of last year, to making a deal with john boehner to make significant cuts in the formula that is used to compute social security benefits when people retire. this led to very major cuts, especially for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s today. social security very much has been on the chopping block in the last couple of years. social security should be a major issue in this campaign, because practically every republican in congress, every member of the tea party, but even more senior ones that have been around a while. practically every republican in congress has been on the record at one time or another, favoring drastic cuts in social security. this has to be -- this has to be a major issue, given the fact that the grand bargain that obama and john boehner tried to make last my summer is bound to come up again. either during the lame duck s
, including barack obama, has tried at one time or another to cut, dismantle, or privatize social security. that is a chilling fact. every single one. democrat as well as republican. this question is really well-timed. obama came very close, the summer of last year, to making a deal with john boehner to make significant cuts in the formula that is used to compute social security benefits when people retire. this led to very major cuts, especially for people in their 20s, 30s and 40s today....
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if there are people out there in light of a bloody let's cut the one. you can't participate in the mainstream american life of a melody. travel, check into tell, cash a check, antar government building, rent a video. he can hardly do anything. instead the critics rather than try to help people get ideas simply yell racism further exacerbating the racial political tensions. chris dodd who crafted a bipartisan lecturer -- reform bill after the florida miltown was quoted as saying the goal of american law should be to make it easy to vote and hard to achieve. we are americans. we can do both. to civil rights. one is the right to never be prevented or intimidated from voting. we had a history in many states. poll tax, literacy test, bizarre registration hours. we passed the civil rights law to prevent that. the second city right not to have your vote canceled up by someone who is an illegal alien, and died, voting twice, or someone who does not even exist. that to file its your sole rights. we can do both. now, an obstacle to this is to reference the previo
if there are people out there in light of a bloody let's cut the one. you can't participate in the mainstream american life of a melody. travel, check into tell, cash a check, antar government building, rent a video. he can hardly do anything. instead the critics rather than try to help people get ideas simply yell racism further exacerbating the racial political tensions. chris dodd who crafted a bipartisan lecturer -- reform bill after the florida miltown was quoted as saying the goal of...
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you have the tax cut, obama expanded and we should never have expanded the tax cuts for the rich in my opinion. then you have the commission cochaired by alan simpson on the deficit of the national debt, doesn't pay any attention to that. how about romney? which is going to appear, which hsh will we know? but the answer to your question in my opinion is the primary process has ruled that the republican nominee is so far to the right that he's going to have to make a sharp u-turn, a persuasive one besides a sharp one. >> let me ask you sort of a double question, and it's about health care and aid lawyer of some renown. i would be curious on your views as to what you think the supreme court made with respect to health care. but in addition to that, i would be curious if you have any thoughts about what is going to happen down the road and health care and i think that is dependent upon the election of the president and upon the house and of the senate, on the house and the senate the double beryl part of this is what are your thoughts about where they are going to go in terms of the repub
you have the tax cut, obama expanded and we should never have expanded the tax cuts for the rich in my opinion. then you have the commission cochaired by alan simpson on the deficit of the national debt, doesn't pay any attention to that. how about romney? which is going to appear, which hsh will we know? but the answer to your question in my opinion is the primary process has ruled that the republican nominee is so far to the right that he's going to have to make a sharp u-turn, a persuasive...
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andd e ob obama of began hiso actions to secular rise trying to make u.s. actable secular nation.obam. listening to his youthful c these said he gets betterr fixing to guns as a way toustras explain their frustration. with the hostility of o religion we have never before seen in any american president and was to reverse the practice of the bush and illustration to give tax payer money to those that perform abortions in other countries.ru pro-life doctors and nursesctord of federally fundedtate to hospitals to opt out of performing abortions. across the to covering of of jes the monogram of the name of disp jesus that was displayed above the podium. well, recites said declaration of independencelatig he changes the wording heunaliea censors out the word creator. gli we all know that we are in doubt from our creator with unalienable rights but he omits the word creator. he has done it so often it is not a college. it is deliberate and changing the wordstc is part determination fromg every mention of god from our life.al p canceled the white housetiono event c
andd e ob obama of began hiso actions to secular rise trying to make u.s. actable secular nation.obam. listening to his youthful c these said he gets betterr fixing to guns as a way toustras explain their frustration. with the hostility of o religion we have never before seen in any american president and was to reverse the practice of the bush and illustration to give tax payer money to those that perform abortions in other countries.ru pro-life doctors and nursesctord of federally fundedtate...
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you have the tax cuts, obama extended it. i spoke out against it. should never have extended the tax cut for the rich in my opinion. then you have the commission chaired by alan simpson on the deficit or national debt. doesn't pay attention. how about romney? what will we know? how will it be reset? the primary process, republican nominee so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp you turn to the personal a persuasive one. >> let me ask you a double barrelled question. it is about health care. a lawyer of some renown. i would be curious what you think the supreme court made do with respect to health care. in addition to that i would be curious if you have any thoughts about what is going to happen down the road with health care. that is dependent on the election of the president and the house and the senate and house and the senate, the double barrel part of this is what are your thoughts about where are they going to go in terms of republican house in congress and the democratic senate which is tenuous in terms of numbers and could tur
you have the tax cuts, obama extended it. i spoke out against it. should never have extended the tax cut for the rich in my opinion. then you have the commission chaired by alan simpson on the deficit or national debt. doesn't pay attention. how about romney? what will we know? how will it be reset? the primary process, republican nominee so far to the right he is going to have to make a sharp you turn to the personal a persuasive one. >> let me ask you a double barrelled question. it is...
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the only guy that i can think of worse than bush is obama. back-to-back we cut to her in this president's but once supported cattle some one without any question as a socialist. that is the question and the socialist as obama. libertarians haven't caused these problems. we haven't been in office. you can't blame us for the 100 trillion-dollar debt for every problem emanating out of washington, d.c.. we've had the solutions which will find in the book again and again, and we've pointed out the disastrous. what i said in this book is look at california. i said it years ago. california is greece. it will go bankrupt. country to stick a fork in it. why? obama is practicing the california model for the entire nation and that is what is happening to the country and that's why there are no jobs. because in the end, my father the letcher have a right. my father the blue-collar butcher said i would love to hate rich people but nobody poor has ever given me a job. if you demonize and target and hunt and punish rich people and to integrate them all day
the only guy that i can think of worse than bush is obama. back-to-back we cut to her in this president's but once supported cattle some one without any question as a socialist. that is the question and the socialist as obama. libertarians haven't caused these problems. we haven't been in office. you can't blame us for the 100 trillion-dollar debt for every problem emanating out of washington, d.c.. we've had the solutions which will find in the book again and again, and we've pointed out the...
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he is totally, completely, he has cut him himself off from jesse jackson. nobody knows why except that it appears that there would be the fact that jackson was in the white house, it might be a signal that president obama is in jesse jackson's corner politically. apparently he doesn't want to do that. >> you write that if karl rove was george w. bush's brain, then david axelrod is barack obama's homer. what i mean by that is that david axelrod is a brilliant creator, personal stories of politicians. when brock barack obama ran in 2008, he did not have a record to run on. but he didn't have to run on that. what he had was his personal story. the son of a black african and white middle american mother. a man who saw his identity and found it, he was raised by his saintly grandparents and so forth. this is a homeric story, if you will. homer was known for talking about a trip, and during the trip, coming to some inner understanding of oneself. this is a story that david axelrod passion for obama to run on. the problem is, in this day and age, this is the story
he is totally, completely, he has cut him himself off from jesse jackson. nobody knows why except that it appears that there would be the fact that jackson was in the white house, it might be a signal that president obama is in jesse jackson's corner politically. apparently he doesn't want to do that. >> you write that if karl rove was george w. bush's brain, then david axelrod is barack obama's homer. what i mean by that is that david axelrod is a brilliant creator, personal stories of...
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he is totally, completely cut himself off from jesse jackson. no one seems to know exactly why, except that it appears that it would -- that there would be a -- the object of jackson being in the white house might give a signal to white voters that obama is in jackson's corner politically. and apparently obama doesn't want to do that. >> host: you write: if karl rove was george w. bush's brians, then david axlerod is barack barack obama's homer. >> guest: is what? >> host: homer. >> guest: that's a pretty good line i wrote. he is his homer. >> host: what do you mean? >> guest: david axlerod is a brilliant creator of permanent stories for politician -- personal stories for politicians. so when barack obama ran in 2008, he didn't have a record to run on because he hadn't done anything. but he did have to run on was his personal story. the son of a black african and a white middle american mother. a man who sought his identity and found it. who was raised by these saintly grandparents and so forth and so on. this was a story because homer was known
he is totally, completely cut himself off from jesse jackson. no one seems to know exactly why, except that it appears that it would -- that there would be a -- the object of jackson being in the white house might give a signal to white voters that obama is in jackson's corner politically. and apparently obama doesn't want to do that. >> host: you write: if karl rove was george w. bush's brians, then david axlerod is barack barack obama's homer. >> guest: is what? >> host:...
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>> well, i mean obama often talks about the tax cuts that were in the stimulus. the problem is they were down the wrong way. if there is one thing that reagan i think tried to get across to people is the important thing is the marginal tax rate. how much do you have to pay the government for each additional dollar that you aren't? the government takes more out of each additional dollar and you're not going to have the same incentive to go and work hard and expand the pie is you would have otherwise. the problem is the types of tax cuts that we had worked credits or deductions that got phased out along with other ones there. they get phased out if you make more made more money so what happened was the obama tax cuts lowered the average tax breaks that people paid but raise the marginal rate. not only when you have to pay the official marginal tax rate of 25 cents on the dollar but since you lost these credits say you had there is you earned more money the effective rate could be 40%. and so, the important thing there is the marginal tax rate and obama raised his t
>> well, i mean obama often talks about the tax cuts that were in the stimulus. the problem is they were down the wrong way. if there is one thing that reagan i think tried to get across to people is the important thing is the marginal tax rate. how much do you have to pay the government for each additional dollar that you aren't? the government takes more out of each additional dollar and you're not going to have the same incentive to go and work hard and expand the pie is you would have...
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you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it. should never extend a tax cut for the rich. then you have a point this commission, cochaired by alan simpson on the cochaired national debt, doesn't pay any attention to that. how about romney? well, which romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? but the answer to your question, in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he's going to have to make a sharp tu,
you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it. should never extend a tax cut for the rich. then you have a point this commission, cochaired by alan simpson on the cochaired national debt, doesn't pay any attention to that. how about romney? well, which romney is going to appear? which etch-a-sketch will we know? but the answer to your question, in my opinion is the primary process has moved the republican nominee so far to the right he's going to have to make a sharp tu,
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white house and they all say it won't happen to them and it happens to all of them. >> host: michel obama is generally the youngest person to have served as first lady since the sexual revolution. did she because of the generation she is from have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle? >> guest: it is funny because she is such a pupil of hillary clinton in that way. in my reporting i found again and again that she and everybody else in the white house had one eye on hillary clinton's situation and also the attacks she went through in the 2008 campaign were really pretty painful for her and everybody around her to be that new to public life and watch herself caricatured that way to is really hard. the twist to it is what her aides talked about was the traditional nature of first lady was so confining at first and protecting her a little bit because political life is so scattered and so difficult that it is another way of limiting. another way of saying i don't do policy. i don't have to be
white house and they all say it won't happen to them and it happens to all of them. >> host: michel obama is generally the youngest person to have served as first lady since the sexual revolution. did she because of the generation she is from have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle? >> guest: it is funny because she is such a pupil of hillary clinton in that way. in my reporting i found again and again that she and everybody else in the white house had...
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the obama camp has taken a pass on medicare and all the cuts they propose would hit providers. they don't propose to do much to beneficiaries and the republicans want to turn -- not the way put it but more of a voucher thing. and hope that by that process you can wind down. convincing voters that your opponent will cut medicare will win votes. i am not sure ever done in either campaign is doing us any favors if they tell us we can have a pain-free solution to health care because i don't think we can. >> that is for another time. >> starting with the idea that medicare is catastrophically underfunded, $50 trillion underfund according to the accounting system they require employers to use and going to squeeze spending on everything else probably including defense and not the means tested program. a the same co-pay and the same deductibles. more like medicaid. two questions. why would democrats basically demagogue cuts in medicare which i think -- i should be paying ten times the deductibles and co-payments to somebody else. why would they demigod backed and let medicare debt ever
the obama camp has taken a pass on medicare and all the cuts they propose would hit providers. they don't propose to do much to beneficiaries and the republicans want to turn -- not the way put it but more of a voucher thing. and hope that by that process you can wind down. convincing voters that your opponent will cut medicare will win votes. i am not sure ever done in either campaign is doing us any favors if they tell us we can have a pain-free solution to health care because i don't think...
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so what happened was the obama tax cuts lowers the average tax cuts that people pay but raise the marginal rates. not only will you have to pay the official marginal tax rate of $0.25 on another dollar, but since you lost these credits that you had as you earn more money, the effective rate kiddy 40 percenter soap. and so, you know cannot be imported think there is marginal tax rates, and obama raced his tax programs raise the marginal tax programs. >> a tax credit that is refundable is spending. writing a check. it is not a tax credit. it is pending. a lot of what he would call, tried to call tax cuts were actually writing checks to people who did not have a tax liability. >> how can a candidate asked the question to voters on the street , argue better off today than you were before? and give some simple understandable examples of how these policies have been at the bottom of whether they're better off for not. >> this session or having no on health care, people were told one thing when obama ran for office. obama was a very good candidate in 2008. he was not a very good president. about
so what happened was the obama tax cuts lowers the average tax cuts that people pay but raise the marginal rates. not only will you have to pay the official marginal tax rate of $0.25 on another dollar, but since you lost these credits that you had as you earn more money, the effective rate kiddy 40 percenter soap. and so, you know cannot be imported think there is marginal tax rates, and obama raced his tax programs raise the marginal tax programs. >> a tax credit that is refundable is...
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those of the google old days compared to what happened the last 10 to 15 years in terms of rate cuts, the effective rates for the wealthy has change. this isn't new to us. somebody might look at obama's tax plan and say -- we been writing about this for quite a while. but on a other areas like trade and he regulation, our criticisms -- easy to finger prints of both parties. there's just no doubt about that. you see an awful lot of democrats with the free trade ideas. and by buying, i mean the kind of restrictions, without some oversight to make sure that it's been played properly. same with deregulation. the popular perception is deregulation was ronald reagan. the first two major deregulation acts were under jimmy carter. many democrats supported deregulation. .. the balance of the society. that is what it stands firm. not in a partisan belief. >> albright, donald barlett, james steele are the authors of this fascinating new book, "the betrayal of the american dream" and both journalists come extraordinary men. but your 70s now? >> guest: on most. >> host: but at the very top of amer
those of the google old days compared to what happened the last 10 to 15 years in terms of rate cuts, the effective rates for the wealthy has change. this isn't new to us. somebody might look at obama's tax plan and say -- we been writing about this for quite a while. but on a other areas like trade and he regulation, our criticisms -- easy to finger prints of both parties. there's just no doubt about that. you see an awful lot of democrats with the free trade ideas. and by buying, i mean the...
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what would obama's be conveyed to israeli and palestinian leaders. ro sugste d nodeand the lge rpos theeas a a milet ror w m tmucaith orryeoplin t middle east. blair left and found himself cut out of the drafting process. atav ulahi miti. dhe top the ultimate abomination is of course, oba himsel. hat sbo? eeeee toave dispelled the idea that he was in some way fundamentally different from other presidents. so on give a le gr fthok ovhe yrsarh be mof h an ung spodly affected his thinking about the world. political opponents, diplomats and journalists have sometimes speculated about the impactf amot - omars rein k i yes. sohee hd in tune with an anti colonials at -- this little if any evidenceo support this tory rs a ere cteetn is ut os p ecaon ined a private college prep school and a white private colleges in los angeles and new york citynd law school and harvd. econdarynd hher nas ric erfrhaofn keedraselt bill clinton or george w. bush. o's w vie w fledhibrng e tsn o esti turthlo fmecan scint accounted for far more than the father he barely knew or hi
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obama wants to make it a comparison. do you comply with this budget, tax cuts for the rich, going after medicare, or do you want a president who has brought down unemployment, gradually, and who has a different set of visions and values? let's compare those. it seems that at this point in time, mitt romney, by embracing the paul ryan budget last year and this year, is allowing -- the more contrast that there is, the better he will be. this has led to stop the we talk about everyday and it is working to the president's advantage, at this point. host: we ask you about the gridiron dinner, which you -- we asked you about the gridiron dinner, which you attended last night. there is robert gibbs walking in, in a white tie and tuxedo. first of all, what happened last night? what did you learn? and what was memorable? >> i learned that journalists cannot sing very well, except for a few of us. basically it is a series of skits put on by the gridiron club. they poke fun at democrats and republicans -- for instance, the skit abou
obama wants to make it a comparison. do you comply with this budget, tax cuts for the rich, going after medicare, or do you want a president who has brought down unemployment, gradually, and who has a different set of visions and values? let's compare those. it seems that at this point in time, mitt romney, by embracing the paul ryan budget last year and this year, is allowing -- the more contrast that there is, the better he will be. this has led to stop the we talk about everyday and it is...
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be cut out, and would obama be so eager to strike a deal that he would actually redefine the west's red lines when it came to the nuclear issue. and, of course, hanging over obama's head was the potential of an israelly strike against -- israeli strike against iran. the obama administration at that time and continues to do so today viewed as absolutely disastrous for the region as a whole and for the u.s. interests. of all of america's key allies, many of them wished obama well, but very few of them wished obama success. and after 30 years of enmity between the united states and iran, it was very clear to obama that something needed to, first, happen when it came to the atmospherics because in iran the united states was a great -- [inaudible] and in the united states iran was part of the axis of evil. that type of language was not conducive for the success of diplomacy. more than anything else, first, the language needed to change. and obama did a remarkable shift in this stance in the sense that much of bush's vocabulary on iran was eradicated within the first few weeks of obama coming
be cut out, and would obama be so eager to strike a deal that he would actually redefine the west's red lines when it came to the nuclear issue. and, of course, hanging over obama's head was the potential of an israelly strike against -- israeli strike against iran. the obama administration at that time and continues to do so today viewed as absolutely disastrous for the region as a whole and for the u.s. interests. of all of america's key allies, many of them wished obama well, but very few of...
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off the microphones of public-school students' thinking got inas he md thed int white house obama began his long series of words and actions to se dolarize oamer country, tryig to make the u.s. it totally secular nation. the gamental was predictable whe was campaigidenng in san francio before he was elected. obam. they s worments about religious people in the uidented states. he said, they get better, cling to guns or religion or antipattb to people who are not like them, who are anti-immigrant or anti tring the as a way to explain tr frustrations. reverse the practice of the bush administration and start giving taxpayer money to o. weannot byations that perform abortions in other countries. in february 2009 he announced the elimicesstion of connd tiou- conscience protection is a lot pro-let doctors and nurses and in 1derally funded hoswill ta so opt out of performing abortions. in april 2009 obama delivered a speech at geo. weettesn uidenversity only after his staff had pressured the catholi. weacollege to cd ther up the mon ameram foe name of jesus that was always displayed above the
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is pretty, it is pretty small, and the other thing is, we can in sicily see these presidents could cut off and the white house, and they all say it's not going to happen to them, and it happens to all of them. >> michele obama is one of the first convulsively the youngest person to have served as first lady says the sexual revolution, dizzy just because of what generations she is from have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle, if that is there work? >> rudd, it is funded because she is such a pupil of hillary clinton in that way. read? in my reporting i've found, again and again that she and everybody else on the white house said one eye on the helicon situation and also the attacks you went through in the 2008 campaign were really pretty painful for her and everybody around here to be, you know, that new to public life and to watch yourself character should the way was really, really hard. you know, the hen and twist, i think to it, though, is that the you know, what her age talked-about was that the traditional nature of first lady head, which was so conf
is pretty, it is pretty small, and the other thing is, we can in sicily see these presidents could cut off and the white house, and they all say it's not going to happen to them, and it happens to all of them. >> michele obama is one of the first convulsively the youngest person to have served as first lady says the sexual revolution, dizzy just because of what generations she is from have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle, if that is there work? >>...
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you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it, should never have extended the tax cut for the rich, in my opinion. .. >> good to see you again. has to summarize the lessons you learned from public-service and you write about your public experiences as secretary of state, the beginning of the iraq war. one of your "thirteen rules", this is number 13 i find you the most optimistic person. >> it is important that was the summary of "thirteen rules" but that things will get better if the morning. i start by saying that is not necessarily the case but the attitude you should have. it is within your life to make things better to go through with perpetual optimism of course, multiplier is a military term we look to enhance the power of the force. communications, supply lines, for what makes the force more effective. this is working with human beings. if you could pay an attitude of perpetual optimism, that in facts and entire organization and is a force multiplier. coming to the real question question, all over th
you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it, should never have extended the tax cut for the rich, in my opinion. .. >> good to see you again. has to summarize the lessons you learned from public-service and you write about your public experiences as secretary of state, the beginning of the iraq war. one of your "thirteen rules", this is number 13 i find you the most optimistic person. >> it is important that was the summary of "thirteen rules"...
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just spending cuts. the house democrats and house republicans will not accept it. i don't think it's the same on both sides, and i see that suggested also in oklahoma. >> i do suggest it in oklahoma and everywhere -- all over the country. i think people are going to have different ideas about which party is worse than where it came from. certainly, you mentioned, obama's outreach efforts and what he did, nancy pelosi said no, we have won the election and we will write the bills. there are some people on the republican side that are saying totally outrageous and nasty things, but they're having a hard time competing with harry reid in that regard. what we have to do is break it down where people like that can sit down together and say, what is good for the country? not, how do i store score some political points for my party. i agree. about your point about government. you know, one of the ways the ideologues have gotten divided up -- a lot of people think that this is a pretty good country. and that madison and the others created a pretty good government. one of th
just spending cuts. the house democrats and house republicans will not accept it. i don't think it's the same on both sides, and i see that suggested also in oklahoma. >> i do suggest it in oklahoma and everywhere -- all over the country. i think people are going to have different ideas about which party is worse than where it came from. certainly, you mentioned, obama's outreach efforts and what he did, nancy pelosi said no, we have won the election and we will write the bills. there are...
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you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it, should never have extended the tax cut for the rich, in my opinion. then you have appointments this commission co-chaired by alan simpson on the deficit and national debt. doesn't pay any attention to that. and how about romney? well, which romney's going to appear? which etch a sketch will we
you have the tax cut, obama extended it. i spoke out against it, should never have extended the tax cut for the rich, in my opinion. then you have appointments this commission co-chaired by alan simpson on the deficit and national debt. doesn't pay any attention to that. and how about romney? well, which romney's going to appear? which etch a sketch will we
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that obama was just like every other politician. more interested in cutting deals and trading james desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender. to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama is a euro socialist radical who is a full - chicago style partisan and a wimp who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords of the same time. he was pretty much what he said he was. a data oriented left of center technocrat that was above all a pragmatist comfortable with compromise, and willing to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the ideal it was the first evidence that after the campaigning of the change on the system outsider he would govern as a work the system insider but despite all of his talk, he understood they don't produce change. the stimulus is producing change. it's not producing perfection. it's making these better. before the stimulus less than 20% of doctors use electronic medical records. by 2015 just about all americans would have won. the would have 7 million americans out of
that obama was just like every other politician. more interested in cutting deals and trading james desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender. to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama is a euro socialist radical who is a full - chicago style partisan and a wimp who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords of the same time. he was pretty much what he said he was. a data oriented left of center technocrat that was above all a pragmatist...
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with borings, how -- obama care how do you see the -- hold with the military cut backs how do you see the military voting and with the attitude toward israel how do you see the jewish community voting? >> three great questions. i know, a super pac is forming. doctors and patients against obama. and i assume that will be funded by corrects and health care providers because they realize obama is destroying their ability to provide health care and that the president did not in any way shape, form, understand what he was signing. no one read the bill. it's a disaster for health care. i think doctors and parents together will find and vote overwhelmingly against him. the military, i believe, officers out% will vote against president obama they will vote for romney. massive cuts are happening bots the president's policy not because the congress. not because of the sequestration, they shouldn't have agreed to the scwetion ration. the president is not doing anything to fix it. he has the gates cut. he's destroying the pentagon, running away from afghanistan, and iraq. i didn't talk much about
with borings, how -- obama care how do you see the -- hold with the military cut backs how do you see the military voting and with the attitude toward israel how do you see the jewish community voting? >> three great questions. i know, a super pac is forming. doctors and patients against obama. and i assume that will be funded by corrects and health care providers because they realize obama is destroying their ability to provide health care and that the president did not in any way shape,...
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and then the other thing is, you know, we consistently see these presidents get cut off in the white house, and they all say it's not going to happen to them, and it happens to all of them. >> now, michelle obama is one of the first, um, well, she's certainly the youngest person to have served first lady since the sexual revolution. did she because of just what generation she's from have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle, if that's the right word? >> well, it's funny because she's such a pupil of hillary clinton's in that way, right? you can, you can -- in my reporting i found again and again that she and kind of everybody else in the white house had one eye on hillary clinton's situation. and also the attacks she went through in the 2008 campaign were really pretty painful for her and everybody around her to be, you know, that new to public life and to watch yourself caricatured that way was really, really hard. you know, the twist, i think, to it though is that, you know, what her aides talked about was that the traditional nature of first ladyhood w
and then the other thing is, you know, we consistently see these presidents get cut off in the white house, and they all say it's not going to happen to them, and it happens to all of them. >> now, michelle obama is one of the first, um, well, she's certainly the youngest person to have served first lady since the sexual revolution. did she because of just what generation she's from have a more difficult time than other first ladies being second fiddle, if that's the right word? >>...
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obama was just like every other politician, more interested in cutting deals than chasing dreams, desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender, to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama as the euro socialist radical who somehow is a chicago style partisan and a wimpy wimpy who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords all at the same time. in reality the stimulus was early evidence that obama was pretty much what he said he was, a data oriented left of center technocrat who is above all pragmatist comfortable with compromise, unwilling to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the ideal. the first evidence that after campaigning as a change the system outside he would govern as a work the system inside. despite his floury talk he understood bills that don't pass congress don't produce change. the stimulus is producing change. not producing perfection. is making things better. better is better than worse. before the stimulus, 20% of doctors use electronic medical records. by 2015 just about all americans will have one. the stimulus directly lift
obama was just like every other politician, more interested in cutting deals than chasing dreams, desperate to compromise with republicans who were only interested in surrender, to the fever swamps on the right it revealed obama as the euro socialist radical who somehow is a chicago style partisan and a wimpy wimpy who is deferring to his leftist congressional overlords all at the same time. in reality the stimulus was early evidence that obama was pretty much what he said he was, a data...
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i hope obama would take a page out of the lyndon johnson playbook. the president and staff could identify 30 republicans in the house to vermette, background, educat ion know that they do the wrong thing. then i know more about those 30 people they and their mother. who they seek advice from, how many brothers, what they do on their vacations, their first grade teacher the big businesses in their community, chief fund-raisers, and pull them in one by one give them good drink in tell them to follow it because your country needs you. on this gigantic deficit package to determine the future of the country, i need your approach. there are too many things that could happen if way do not get this past. give me your vote does the patriot. i would wait 10 days. do i have your vote? it is a critical moment in history. if he said no i would call his mother. [laughter] >> 70% of the national economy and it seems to me consumerism consumes us not just as citizens but as a nation. as a politician you could not say we have to create new jobs but all third our rela
i hope obama would take a page out of the lyndon johnson playbook. the president and staff could identify 30 republicans in the house to vermette, background, educat ion know that they do the wrong thing. then i know more about those 30 people they and their mother. who they seek advice from, how many brothers, what they do on their vacations, their first grade teacher the big businesses in their community, chief fund-raisers, and pull them in one by one give them good drink in tell them to...
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the, um, the obama camp, i think, has kind of taken a pass on medicare, and they've -- all the cuts they've proposed would hit providers. they don't really propose to do much to beneficiaries. and the republicans want to turn it into more of a, not the way they'd put it, but the way i'll put it, a voucher thing and then not make the voucher worth as much as health care actually costs and hope you can winnow it down. i do think if one campaign or the other convinces people that their opponent is going to gut medicare, that would win you votes. that's true. but i'm not sure that either campaign is doing us any favor if they tell us that we can have a pain-free solution to health care cost growth, because i don't think we can. >> i can k but that's for -- i can but that's for another time. >> okay. sir? >> so starting with the idea that medicare's catastrophically underfunded, $40, $50 trillion underfunded according to the government accounting system that they require employers to use, present value accounting, and that it's going to squeeze out spending on everything else, probably even incl
the, um, the obama camp, i think, has kind of taken a pass on medicare, and they've -- all the cuts they've proposed would hit providers. they don't really propose to do much to beneficiaries. and the republicans want to turn it into more of a, not the way they'd put it, but the way i'll put it, a voucher thing and then not make the voucher worth as much as health care actually costs and hope you can winnow it down. i do think if one campaign or the other convinces people that their opponent is...